(CNN) – The office of Democratic Rep. John Conyers released a statement Friday following reports the powerful congressman's wife, Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers, had pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery.

"This has been a trying time for the Conyers family and, with hope and prayer, they will make it through this as a family," said a Conyers spokesman. "Public officials must expect to be held to the highest ethical and legal standards. With this in mind, Mr. Conyers wants to work towards helping his family and city recover from this serious matter."

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Al-Chesapeake

Doesn't surprise me at all. They need to check her husband out also. I agree that if Sen Conyers really wants to make amends he should
back the push to investage ACORN and where all out tax payers money is going within this organization. A survey/poll needs to be
run in D.C. to see how many of out great politicians (both sides) are
above the board and have morals. Bet the percentage would be
quite low.....

June 26, 2009 11:58 am at 11:58 am |

Paul from Phoenix

To No Obama = No Hillary:

The reason why Spitzer stepped down is because he was caught in a federal investigation into illeagle prostitution. Craig was criminal also, lewd contact.

Clinton, Ensign, and Sanford cheated on their wives with non-hookers (though the wives might think differently), and shouldn't resign.

It is a big difference. This is a criminal issue with the Conyers family, not a moral one.

June 26, 2009 11:58 am at 11:58 am |

Fair is Fair

Citizen Jane asked "Instead of always faulting bad behavior on a particular organization or party affliation, shouldn't we actually fault the individual?"
_________________________

YES. ABSOLUTELY.

It's also wrong to assume that every liberal is pro-choice, tax-and-spend, etc?

It's also wrong to assume that every conservative is bible thumping, war mongering, etc?

Yet all we see is these broad-brush paintings from EVERYONE.

June 26, 2009 11:59 am at 11:59 am |

Frank from Peterborough

The American way pray and steal.

June 26, 2009 11:59 am at 11:59 am |

Art Michaelson

WHAT THE heck does Acorn have to do with this. You OBAMA haters on the political right belong on FOX NEWS. You are probably an unconstructed BIGOT

June 26, 2009 12:00 pm at 12:00 pm |

Al-Chesapeake

Doesn't surprise me at all. They need to check her husband out also. I agree that if Sen Conyers really wants to make amends he should
back the push to investage ACORN and where all our tax payers money is going within this organization. A survey/poll needs to be
run in D.C. to see how many of our great politicians (both sides) are
above the board and have morals. Bet the percentage would be
quite low..... (correction for the spelling of our –mistakenly had it as "out"....).

June 26, 2009 12:02 pm at 12:02 pm |

Sniffit

@ Christian, who said "The media only screams party affiliation when a Republican does something corrupt."

They did it with Sanford for his press conference and with Craig and Foley during their scandals. It's documented. It's also easily proven that CNN fails to identify party affiliation when talking about members of both parties all the time...I think they just assume we know already.

June 26, 2009 12:04 pm at 12:04 pm |

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia in CA

He probably coached her on it.

June 26, 2009 12:05 pm at 12:05 pm |

Glennis

Disgusting. Ambition, power, influence, money. All aphrodisiacs for politians and their families. It's getting harder and harder to find an honest soul in the Washington cess pool.

June 26, 2009 12:06 pm at 12:06 pm |

The lonely Libertarian of Liverpool NY

All I can say is that I came to the conclusion over three years ago, that neither of the two major parties are representing the people. we do need change but after 52 years of the lies, the crimes, the greed of our elected representitives, I have had it.
Who will emerge with the leadership skills to restore this country to the principles of the US Constitution?

June 26, 2009 12:09 pm at 12:09 pm |

robert

nothing will happen, just like rep william jefferson, and its obvious who wears the pants in the democratic party, its not the men

I am an independent liberal who HATES this kind of corruption. Neither political party, nor race, nor gender trump this shameless behavior. This woman is just another amoral opportunist who is helping with the long, slow, painful death of a once-great American city.

June 26, 2009 12:11 pm at 12:11 pm |

nola

Please explain how ACORN is involved in the issue? Mrs. Conyer did not take money from ACORN nor is the Federal Government investigating ACORN and Mrs. Coryer.

Some of you people have allowed the Repub spend masters to enbrance their lies – ACORN is not as relevant

June 26, 2009 12:14 pm at 12:14 pm |

Arlene, Roselle, Illinois

As EVERY politician says I want to go to Washington and
clean it up. Yeah Right!

June 26, 2009 12:14 pm at 12:14 pm |

nola

Please explain how ACORN is involved in the issue?

June 26, 2009 12:14 pm at 12:14 pm |

TangledThorns

Democrats, the party of corruption... AGAIN!!

June 26, 2009 12:19 pm at 12:19 pm |

Your daddy

Too bad the administration couldn't intercede and fire the prosecutor, like it did with that inspector general that got a little too close while investigating misuse of government funds by one of Obama's friends. That would have saved Conyers a lot of grief.
No worries though. The folks in Detroit will send them all right back to their old offices, as soon as the fog lifts.

June 26, 2009 12:19 pm at 12:19 pm |

Jake

good old GOP family values! No cheap shot from Sarah Palin?

June 26, 2009 12:20 pm at 12:20 pm |

awaitingliberalizationbyCNN

Art Michaelson@ Speaking of bigots, are you saying (and since you are obviously a dope smokin' lib you know you are) that republicans and people who watch FOX news are bigots? When you make generalizations like that you show your idiocy. Go take a quart of demerol.

June 26, 2009 12:23 pm at 12:23 pm |

GI Joe

Is it just me, or are we finally getting to see just how corrupt our government officials are? AT ALL LEVELS.

Time to boot them all out and let the next batch know if they don't work for the people that pay them, they will be fired too.

VOTE the rascals out. ASAP.

June 26, 2009 12:23 pm at 12:23 pm |

citizenjane

Fair is Fair: Distractions are limited only to those who are willing to be distracted.